The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo North Senatorial district has drawn the attention of the security operatives to the actions of certain individuals within the All Progressives Congress (APC) to disrupt and intimidate voters before and during the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. In a statement on Thursday by its Spokesperson and Head of Communication, Barrister Wale …

With just a day to the presidential election, youths in Lagos State have come under a single umbrella to reiterate their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, they submitted, is the most experienced and reliable candidate to lead the country in the next dispensation. The youths, who came from all the traditional divisions …

With less than 48 hours to the 2023 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been collected across the country. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu told the media at the National Collation Centre in Abuja on Thursday that although the commission is pleased that the rate of collection is higher than …

Nigerians have been urged to resist selling votes to politicians, warning that electing the wrong candidates is dangerous to the nation’s democracy and will further shrink the civic space. Vote buying has become a disturbing phenomenon in recent off-cycle elections in Nigeria and is now a major concern ahead of the general 2023 polls. The Executive Director of Daily Trust …

The United States ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard has said that her country, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided over $25 million in support for the forthcoming elections in Nigeria. At a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, Leonard said the US has no preferred candidate and would favour none. She clarified that the …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that some politicians are planning to buy votes by distributing items instead of cash. On a Channels Television interview on Wednesday, Bawa said that the anti-graft agency was ready to arrest those caught buying votes during Saturday’s polls. Ahead of the general elections, stakeholders have …

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu has denied the claim that some cabals are in the Presidential Villa working against the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the party. Reacting to the claim made by the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Adamu said, “I don’t belong to …

Ohio Secretary of State, Frank LaRose, who was part of the United States international observers to the 2022 Osun State governorship election in Nigeria, has called for a peaceful election as Nigeria elects a new president on Saturday. “My hope is that they have, first of all a peaceful election. But second, that the voice of the Nigerian people can …

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, political parties in four states in the South-West have collapsed their structures to work for the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the poll. The political parties – Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Young Progressives Party (YPP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), and Action Democratic Party (ADP), who are members …

The African Union (AU) Observation Mission has said that it is on the ground to support Nigeria through a peaceful, credible, transparent election and transition of power. The AU Mission urged Nigerians to remain faithful to its democracy. Leading the AU Observation mission on a visit to Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja, its head and former …